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Parler asks for an absurd amount of PII. I always figured it was a way for the Mercer crowd to assemble a dossier on the extreme right for use in future highly
by api 6y ago
Parler asks for an absurd amount of PII. I always figured it was a way for the Mercer crowd to assemble a dossier on the extreme right for use in future highly targeted mobilization efforts.
- _-david-_ 6y agoWhich PII? I never created an account but my understanding was name, email and phone number which is no different than most social media.
- caseysoftware 6y agoExactly, this is misinformation. The only time they request additional PII is for verification. (As a security & privacy advocate with a job in the space, I dug into this last summer and again just before the January shutdown. It was never true just for signing up.)
- ConceptJunkie 6y agoMy experience was the same. I did pause at the phone number requirement, but frankly, it's not that uncommon, and is useful for 2FA.
- jmcan 6y agoI don't want to be all conspiratorial or anything but wasn't Parler hacked during the Capitol Hill protest and a bunch of protesters where caught? To me this seems like a successful honeypot.